Challenge
Challenge of the Month I
The waning heat of summer. Pastel oranges and reds. The season of harvest. Darkening skies as the spectre of winter looms. Write the first chapter of a story beginning in autumn. Fiction or non-fiction, poetry or Prose. $100 purse to our favorite entry. Outstanding entries will be shared with our publishing partners.
Summers End
A day arrives, changing the earth's appearance.
Greens become Oranges, Reds,
the beautiful shades of yellow.
Winds begin to blow,
shaking the trees, showing off their new colors of Autumn.
Rabbits and Squirrels preparing for the colder season
when that first leaf falls.
The leaves soon fall at faster rates, soaring like birds to the ground.
Branches may fall with them, telling us winter will come soon.
leaves color the ground in their crisp beauty till they lose their color,
becoming more brown and shrivled.
The sun's heat no longer keeping warmth as cold fronts begin to blow in.
Autumn is upon us, preaparing,
warning us of the cold month that approches.
This is Summers end and Winter's begining,
Autumn.
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